Showing posts with label Church of England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church of England. Show all posts
Saturday, October 24, 2026

There's no good news on the restoration of Ludlow's town walls

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There's no sign of restoration beginning on the stretch of Ludlow's remaining medieval town walls that collapsed more than 13 years ...

Southwell Minster faces building repair bill of £20m

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Southwell Minster is in financial crisis, with more than £20m of building repairs needed and concern over its long-term future, reports West...
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

"A little heaven here on earth": Launde Abbey in Leicestershire

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Remember Thomas Cromwell's final words in the wonderful Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light ? "There is an abbey, Launde, in the he...
Friday, September 11, 2026

The Joy of Six 1575

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Zöe Franklin celebrates the 98th anniversary of the Equal Franchise Act, which gave women equal voting rights with men and calls for furthe...
Sunday, September 06, 2026

Church could get first toilet in more than 700 years

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To the great relief of the parishioners of St Giles's at Hartington in Derbyshire, BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award.
Monday, August 31, 2026

Wells to Walsingham: The world's smallest public railway

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I travelled on the Wells & Walsingham some 20 years ago and remember it as taking itself commendably seriously. Walsingham had its heyda...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

The Joy of Six 1562

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"Every large fire has two causes, the spark that lights it and the conditions that let it become so severe. Naming the fire, though, ca...
Thursday, June 04, 2026

Hodge and his Masters and The Choirmaster's Burial

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Looking again at Gillian Avery's Victorian People , I find she quotes one of this blog's heroes: Richard Jefferies in Hodge and his ...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

The poor Lambeth church providing choristers for cathedrals

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So many areas of our national life are now dominated by the products of private schools, from journalism via county cricket to film and thea...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2026

The Joy of Six 1483

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Taylor Lorenz argues that there is little evidence that social media is driving a mental health crisis among young people and a banning the...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Sign language was used in a Leicester Cathedral wedding in 1576

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Leicester Cathedral held a service on Sunday to commemorate the 450th anniversary of a wedding there in which sign language was employed.  A...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The Joy of Six 1450

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"Millions of teenagers would lose the freedom to enjoy games and social interaction in the name of 'safety'. Even complaining o...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

The Joy of Six 1423

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"The study, which examined nearly 300 child-arrangement case files and observed over 100 hearings, found that domestic abuse featured i...
Friday, September 05, 2025

John Rogers walks through 1300 years of London history in Fulham

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This is such an appealing video that it makes me want to visit Fulham myself. Its billing on YouTube explains: Our walk starts Fulham Broadw...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

William Wallace: Reading Biggles in Westminster Abbey

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Liberal Democrat Voice has a thoughtful post by William Wallace - Lord Wallace of Saltaire - on the relation between Liberalism and religio...
Monday, March 17, 2025

The Joy of Six 1337

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Susie Courtalt says the rise of toxic masculinity and the war on 'woke' threaten women’s rights around the world: "For whateve...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Meeting told there's a risk Ludlow's town walls will collapse again

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A length of Ludlow's medieval town walls collapsed 12 years ago and has never been repaired because the town council and the Diocese of ...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Debate in Welsh Lib Dems over supporting Labour's budget

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The Nationalist news website Nation Cymru has been passed a copy of an email sent to all member in Wales by the leader of the Welsh Liberal ...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Lib Dems will continue to back 50 per cent cap on faith-based admissions to schools

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Embed from Getty Images It may be unintentional, but as it stands the government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill allows the ...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Peterborough Cathedral launches £300,000 appeal to allow it to stay open daily

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Peterborough Cathedral has launched an emergency appeal to raise £300,000 by the end of March to avoid running out of money. It costs over £...